Barefoot Jedi
06-28-2008, 03:27 AM
EPISODE ONE: V DAY
Planet Arus celebrates the ten-year anniversary of the fall of Planet Doom. The original Voltron Force has disbanded but addresses the crowd from Earth. Princess Allura is now Captain of the new Voltron Force and pilots the Black Lion. The Drule refugees led by Hazar and Dorma have settled on Planet Arus. Dorma has become the pilot of the Blue Lion. Prince Bandor of Planet Pollux has grown up and flies the Red Lion. Jai, the little boy from Nemon, has become pilot of the Yellow Lion. Tami, the little girl who wore Pidge's uniform as a decoy when Yurak attacked Planet Arus with red rain, has grown up to fly the Green Lion. Coran, aging but strong, still operates Castle Control.
On Earth, Keith has been promoted to Fleet Commander. Lance, Hunk and Pidge are officers on the bridge of his command ship. The Vehicle Team Voltron Force serve under him. Commander Hawkins has become Space Marshal of the Galaxy Alliance.
Romelle has married Sven and became Queen of Planet Pollux. She, Sven and their nine year-old son have traveled to Planet Arus for the celebration, as have the leaders of the free planets of the Danubian Galaxy.
Princess Allura is under pressure from Nanny and Queen Orla to resign as Voltron Force Captain and marry. They have a number of suitors in mind. It is revealed Allura is pining for Keith. It is also revealed that Hazar, who is the liaison for his people in the Arus government, has fallen in love with Allura. He confides this to his sister Dorma.
On Earth, after their speech is transmitted to Planet Arus, Lance, Hunk and Pidge confront Keith about arranging their schedule so they could not attend. Lance accuses Keith of doing it on purpose because of his feelings for Allura. Keith refuses to acknowledge it.
Back on Planet Arus, the young members of the Voltron Force, Bandor, Tami and Jai reminisce about their past and their roles in Planet Doom's defeat. It is revealed Bandor and Tami are in a relationship. After Bandor leaves to meet with Romelle, Jai teases Tami about becoming a princess.
The episode ends revealing a spy of unknown origin and agenda observing and recording the celebration on Planet Arus.
EPISODE TWO:
The spy is revealed to have been sent by the Demos Empire. It is shown that after his defeat on Planet Doom ten years ago, Lotor fled to the Demos Empire to obtain asylum from Princess Koraal, to whom he'd been betrothed by King Zarkon. Koraal had fallen in love with Lotor, but he had rejected her, incurring the ire of Koraal's father the King. Koraal had harbored Lotor in secret, and he had manipulated her into poisoning her father so she could assume the throne. Lotor could then reveal himself openly and married Koraal, becoming the King of the Demos Empire. He then began preparations to invade the Danubian Galaxy which has taken almost ten years.
It is revealed that Lotor has never gotten over his obsession with Princess Allura and has no love for his wife, having only used her to gain the throne. It is also revealed that many of the Demos nobles despise Lotor and are plotting against him.
Lotor and his war council meet and discuss their plans to invade the Danubian Galaxy. First, the Voltron Force must be eliminated so Voltron cannot be used. Then, the armada of Demos will simultaneously attack each of the free planets. The assassin team is assembled and dispatched to Planet Arus.
EPISODE THREE:
The V Day festivities are concluded, and the Voltron Force help with the cleanup. The assassin team arrives and catches the Voltron Force outside their Lions. They attack. Jai is shot and killed first. Tami tries to protect him and she, too, is mortally wounded. The assassins surround Bandor protecting Tami and Jai's bodies and he fights them with a sword but they cut him down also. The assassins give the signal and the Demos Armada attacks. Allura and Dorma in their Lions destroy the assassins. Lotor himself commands the assault on Planet Arus. Coran is unable to summon help because their communications are blocked by the Demos Armada. Robeasts are sent to devastate the planet. Princess Allura in the Black Lion and Dorma in the Blue Lion fight valiantly but are overwhelmed. Lotor attempts to capture Princess Allura in the Black Lion and reveals himself as the enemy commander. Allura is horrified to learn that Lotor is still alive and once again a deadly threat to Arus. The Black Lion escapes Lotor's ships trying to capture it with magnet beams and the battle rages on.
EPISODE FOUR:
The Castle of Lions is bombarded by enemy forces. Coran begs Allura and Dorma to flee because the battle is lost. Allura at first refuses, preferring to fight and die in defense of Arus, but Coran persuades her that to protect her people, she must live to fight another day. Reluctantly, Allura and Dorma flee Arus in their Lions, pursued by Lotor and the Demos fighters.
Hazar leads the staff of the Castle of Lions to safety in the underground tunnels but Coran remains. He stays in the control room and waits for the invaders. The Demos general breaks into the Castle and finds his way to the control room. Once he breaks the door, Coran tells him the Castle and its secrets will never be taken and detonates a bomb, obliterating the Castle and everyone in it. Molten fragments of the Castle strike surrounding Demos dreadnaughts and destroy them.
From a cave, Hazar, Queen Orla, Nanny, the Arus nobles and citizens watch in horror as the Castle explodes, destroying the island on which it was built and at last nothing is left but the lake.
EPISODE FIVE:
Planet Pollux is also under siege. Romelle and Sven lead the Pollux fleet against the Demos Armada. The Pollux fleet is losing until Allura and Dorma arrive in their Lions and turn the tide somewhat. Lotor lands his plane on the Demos command ship and assumes command of the Pollux attack.
On Earth, some messages from different Danubian planets have got through. The Galaxy Alliance Council meets, and decides to dispatch a space fleet immediately commanded by Keith and including the Vehicle Team Voltron Force. No one knows what has happened to Planet Arus and the Lion Force Voltron.
On the Demos command ship, it is revealed the attacks on the different free planets are progressing well. It is also revealed the Castle of Lions was destroyed and the Demos general killed. His subordinate has taken command and is setting up an occupational force on Planet Arus.
In the space around Planet Pollux, the tide has again turned against the Polluxans due to the arrival of enemy reinforcements. Queen Romelle must make a terrible choice: Retreat and abandon Pollux or stay and be destroyed. But Sven and Romelle's son is still on the planet. They decide they cannot leave him, and send a team down to the royal palace to rescue the prince while they continue to try to delay the invading Demos forces.
EPISODE SIX:
All around the Danubian Galaxy, free planets are falling to the Demos Empire. Planet Lyra is conquered, as is Planet Mora. Yadl also falls. Titus, Ebb, Nemon, Olion and others are taken as well. The captured Planet Doom is also conquered by Demos forces.
Keith's fleet continues its journey. The Vehicle Team trains in preparation for war. Keith reflects on his feelings for Allura, whose fate he does not know.
The Polluxan rescue team arrives at the royal palace and evacuates the prince, escaping for a designated rendezvous point. Once he is safe, Queen Romelle calls for a retreat. Some of the Polluxan ships fight a suicidal holding action to allow Romelle and the Lions to escape. Lotor, disgusted, orders his ship to take him to Planet Arus. His purpose: To destroy the three remaining Voltron Lions.
EPISODE SEVEN:
Princess Allura, Dorma, Queen Romelle and Sven's ships escape to the ice planet Nieve where Romelle crashed many years ago when she escaped the dungeons of Planet Doom. Romelle grieves Bandor's death and swears revenge on Lotor. They try to contact anyone from the free planets and the Galaxy Alliance, with no success. They hide their ships in a huge ice cave.
Lotor arrives on Planet Arus. Since Coran destroyed the Castle, there is no way to access the Green, Yellow and Red Lions. He orders the planet searched until they are found.
In the underground tunnels, Hazar and the remnants of the Arus military organize guerrilla units to hinder the Demos occupational forces. They also discuss the fate of the keys of the Green, Yellow and Red Lions. What happened to them after Bandor, Jai and Tami were killed? It is known the assassins were destroyed before the arrival of the Demos Armada, but what happened to the bodies of the slain Voltron Force members and their keys?
As Lotor assumes command of Planet Arus, some of the malcontent Drules pledge their allegiance to Lotor. One of Lotor's generals reveals the Galaxy Alliance support fleet is en route to the Danubian Galaxy. Lotor, having anticipated this, sends his best general in command of a fleet prepared for this contingency, to intercept the Alliance forces.
EPISODE EIGHT:
Hazar and his strike team enter the burning city to try to find what happened to the keys. They avoid the patrols of the Demos forces, and talk to some citizens to try to find out if anyone saw anything or knows what happened. Hazar and his team decide to rescue a group of Arusian and Drule captives. They attack the Demos guards, escape, and lead the prisoners to the underground tunnels. During the attack, Hazar and Lotor duel to a draw and Hazar escapes.
On Planet Doom, the citizens of Doom celebrate their liberation from the Galaxy Alliance. It is revealed that Zarkon and Haggar are with the Demos general who captured Planet Doom, and that they are plotting against Lotor. Zarkon reveals Planet Doom has a deadly secret the Galaxy Alliance never learned in ten years of occupation, and he has returned to have his revenge on Lotor, Planet Arus and the Galaxy Alliance.
EPISODE NINE:
In the underground tunnels, Hazar and the resistance leaders question the people they rescued about the fate of the Keys. A little girl approaches Hazar and calls herself Voltricia—the same who was born 10 years ago during an epic battle between Voltron and Haggar's first Mecha-Robeast. She was witness to the attack on the Voltron Force and was able to retrieve the keys from Bandor, Jai and Tami's bodies. She then fled but was separated from her parents in the attack. She gives the keys to Hazar. Hazar does not know if the three remaining Lions will respond to him and two Arus soldiers who volunteer to fly the Lions, but he is determined to try.
The Demos hordes continue to scour the countryside searching for the Lions. Queen Koraal arrives, much to Lotor's annoyance. The nobles are incensed at Lotor's cruel treatment of her.
Scout ships led by Sven are sent from the refugees on Nieve to try to learn what is going on. They encounter the huge armada sent to intercept the Galaxy Alliance support fleet. They report back to Allura and Romelle on Nieve. But they are detected by the Demos forces and attacked. Sven's ship is captured and he is taken to the Demos General. Sven is tortured by the Demos but he refuses to reveal the whereabouts of Allura and Romelle. The Demos general prepares to kill him when the alarms sound aboard his ship: The Galaxy Alliance fleet is approaching!
On board Keith's command ship, the Alliance forces prepare for battle and Vehicle Voltron is scrambled.
EPISODE TEN:
On Planet Arus, Hazar and the two Arus soldiers each lead commando teams to the three Lions to try to activate them and get them away from the planet. Hazar goes for the Red Lion, the male soldier goes for the Yellow Lion and the female soldier for the Green Lion in the forest. Their teams each evade patrolling Demos forces and rampaging Robeasts.
Hazar's team reaches the Red Lion in the volcano but they are sighted by Demos forces. Demos soldiers attack, and all but Hazar are killed. Hazar fights the Demos commander and hurls him into a lava pit. He then takes the key, says a prayer, but the Red Lion will not work! More Demos forces arrive, and a Robeast!
EPISODE ELEVEN:
Led by Vehicle Voltron, the Galaxy Alliance space fleet goes head-to-head against the Demos Armada. The Demos forces launch a cadre of Robeasts to destroy Vehicle Voltron, who viciously battles them and takes them down one by one.
Keith orders his command ship the Excalibur to punch right through the Demos Armada and attack its flagship. During the fighting, Sven is able to escape his bonds. He captures a Demos pilot and forces him to fly him from the ship and contact the Alliance. Sven makes contact with Keith aboard the Excalibur and makes it on board the ship. The space battle rages.
EPISODE TWELVE:
On Planet Arus, the spirit of King Alfor appears to Hazar and asks him if he is prepared to die for the people of Arus. Hazar tells him yes, that the people of Arus are now just as much his people as the Drules. The Lion activates, and Hazar is attacked by the Robeast and the Demos fighters.
It is reported to Lotor that the Red Lion has been found but it is activated. Lotor orders his ship to intercept the Red Lion at once.
On Nieve, Romelle worries about Sven with whom contact has been lost for some time. Allura and Dorma comfort her, assuring her that no matter what, they must carry on. More scout ships are sent.
Hazar is losing badly to the Robeast when suddenly the Green and Yellow Lions arrive! They are able to push the Robeast into the lava, destroying it, when Lotor's command ship appears with another Robeast. The Lions flee Planet Arus, pursued by Lotor's forces.
EPISODE THIRTEEN:
The battle between Keith's fleet and the Demos Armada continues, neither side gaining an advantage. Vehicle Voltron is faring better, prompting the Demos General to leave command of his fleet with his lieutenant and suit up in his own Super-Robeast to take down Vehicle Voltron. The two mechanized giants fight.
Hazar and the Red, Green and Yellow Lions flee Arus, pursued by Lotor's forces. They are detected by the refugees on Planet Nieve and Allura and Dorma suit up and take the Black and Blue Lions to intercept the other Lions.
Back at the space battle, Vehicle Voltron destroys the Super-Robeast and the Demos General, then attacks the Demos command ship. Taking heavy fire from the Excalibur and Vehicle Voltron, the Demos flagship is destroyed. Demoralized, the remaining Demos forces retreat. The five original Voltron Force members reunite with the Vehicle Team Voltron members and celebrate their victory. Sven tells them they must rescue Allura and Romelle on Planet Nieve.
EPISODE FOURTEEN:
On Planet Nieve, Romelle waits anxiously for news of Sven and the Black and Blue Lions. Suddenly, their hideout is attacked! The Demos forces have found them!
The Black and Blue Lions meet the Red, Green and Yellow Lions in space. Under Allura's leadership, they form Voltron and are attacked by Lotor's Robeast. They destroy the Robeast. Lotor is contacted by the remnants of the Demos Armada who report to him they have lost to the Galaxy Alliance fleet and Vehicle Voltron has come to the Danubian Galaxy. Lotor flees rather than fight Voltron, vowing to slaughter every living person on Arus in retaliation.
They prepare to pursue Lotor but are contacted by Romelle—Voltron must return to Nieve to save the refugees. Allura and Hazar decide to go to Nieve, and then straight back to Planet Arus.
EPISODE FIFTEEN:
The battle on Planet Nieve continues. Voltron arrives and destroys the Demos forces including a Robeast. The remnants of the Polluxan fleet prepare to depart for Planet Arus when Vehicle Voltron and the Galaxy Alliance fleet arrives! There is a joyous reunion between Allura and the Voltron Force, Sven and Romelle, and Hazar and Dorma. At Allura's request, Keith leaves command of his ship with another Galaxy Alliance officer, and Keith returns to the Black Lion, Allura to the Blue, Lance to the Red, Pidge to the Green, and Hunk to the Yellow. Sven and Romelle command the Polluxan forces. Dorma and Hazar join the Alliance commander on board the Excalibur. The Galaxy Alliance fleet heads for Planet Arus.
EPISODE SIXTEEN:
In a mad rage, Lotor orders the occupational forces of Planet Arus to abandon their posts and begin scorching the surface of the planet, killing everyone and everything. Lotor goes so far as to order the removal of the control circuits of the Robeasts so they will go totally berserk and destroy anything that comes into their path. He then orders his ship high in the sky so he can watch the devastation. Lotor's generals beg him to put together a defense force to deal with the approaching Alliance fleet, but after he kills a couple of them, they back down.
The Galaxy Alliance fleet arrives at Planet Arus to find the Demos forces hard at work destroying every city and village. They attack. Both Lion and Vehicle Voltron go against the insane Robeasts who are so crazed they are even attacking each other. The Excalibur goes after Lotor's command ship 'til they realize that Lotor has stocked his ship full of Arusian and Drule children, including Voltricia who was captured. Lotor laughs at the Alliance for their sentimentality and orders his forces to attack the Alliance fleet.
Both Voltrons take heavy damage fighting the insane Robeast horde but they are turning the tide of the battle. Lotor's generals beg him to retreat because their ships are losing to the Alliance forces but Lotor refuses, knowing he is safe because the enemy will not fire on his particular ship while he has his young prisoners.
At last the Robeasts are destroyed and the Demos forces routed, but Lotor demands the Alliance forces surrender to him anyway or he will kill all his captives. The Alliance forces are unsure how to proceed.
EPISODE SEVENTEEN:
Keith attempts to bargain with Lotor, telling him if he kills his prisoners there is no way he will escape alive. Lotor tells Keith he is ready to die to humiliate the Voltron Force and break their spirit by murdering the children.
Queen Koraal is hysterical and the Demos generals realize Lotor is crazy and will sacrifice their lives to have revenge. Realizing if Lotor follows through with his plan, they will not escape, the generals order Lotor taken into custody. Lotor fights viciously but is at last overcome. The Demos leaders tell the Alliance leaders they will let the children go if they are given safe passage from Arus. Keith and Princess Allura agree. The children are sent to the Alliance in a ship and the Demos command ship leaves the planet.
EPISODE EIGHTEEN:
On Planet Arus, the weary warriors rest from fighting. Keith comforts Allura as she grieves for Coran. The lake has swallowed up the remains of the Castle of Lions. Allura vows to build a new castle and restore Arus to its glory. Sven comforts Romelle as she grieves for Bandor. Hazar and Dorma talk about Hazar's love for Allura, made even stronger by this recent conflict. Dorma tells him he must go to her at once, because she fears it may be too late now that Keith and Allura are reunited.
Having been in terror for Allura's life, Keith decides to reveal his long-held feelings for Allura, telling her he held back because he did not feel worthy of her and her royal position, and also feeling he had a duty to the Galaxy Alliance because part of his loyalty oath was never to become involved with an alien dignitary. He confesses his jealousy of Sven who resigned from the Alliance to be with Romelle, and that nine years away from Allura has only made his feelings for her stronger. He tells her he tried to bury them by focusing on his career, but it did not work. Allura confesses her love for him, and the reason she never told him is because she never knew if he felt the same and could not bear the thought of him rejecting her if he did not. Keith swears that after this battle is over and Lotor put down once and for all, he will never leave Allura again.
At long last, Keith and Allura passionately kiss. All of this is watched and overheard by Hazar.
EPISODE NINETEEN:
The Demos command ship returns to Planet Demos. Lotor is to be put on trial. However, some of the Demos nobles are loyal to him. They also know they have succeeded in conquering most of the planets in the galaxy and want to hold on to this power. They scheme to free Lotor and restore him to the throne.
The Demos nobles loyal to Queen Koraal debate what to do about their position in the galaxy. They wish to hold on to the territory they have conquered, but the success of this plan was based on the neutralization of the Voltron Lions, which has ultimately failed. The nobles decide they must again assassinate the Voltron members and do whatever they can to destroy the Lions, and now the ships of the Vehicle Team as well. The nobles also decide Lotor must be executed because he is too dangerous to be kept alive.
Koraal is heart-sick over Lotor, who she still obsessively loves. She goes to him, and Lotor pledges his love for her and manipulates her into setting him free. He immediately takes her hostage and gets in touch with Demos nobles loyal to him. They have each of the Demos generals who betrayed Lotor on Arus assassinated. Lotor beats Koraal for not interfering in his temporary overthrow and swears if she ever crosses him again, he will kill her.
On Planet Doom, Haggar and Zarkon discuss recent events and the return of Voltron. Zarkon laughs, knowing that even both Voltrons and the entire Galaxy Alliance will be no match for his ultimate weapon, which is nearing completion.
EPISODE TWENTY:
On Planet Arus, Keith and the others contact Space Marshal Hawkins on Earth to report their victory. They also report it is only the first stage of the campaign to free the planets recently taken captive by the Demos Empire.
The Galaxy Alliance leaders meet to discuss their strategy to free the Danubian Galaxy. The first act will be to send a diplomatic mission to address the Demos Empire, attempting to negotiate a peaceful withdrawal from the captured planets with no further hostilities. If that effort is unsuccessful, the first war proposal is that the enemy's strength must be determined, so reconnaissance missions should be sent. Once that information has been gathered, the fleet will engage in a sequence of planet-hopping, freeing one planet after another and leaving a garrison force 'til all the planets are free.
The second proposal is to launch an all-out attack against Planet Demos itself. Once Demos is taken, the rest of their forces will have little choice but to surrender.
The third proposal is to split up the fleet and attack as many planets as they can at once, freeing them. This will permit more Alliance members to be freed from captivity as possible and also prevent the Demos forces from using them as human shields. The disadvantage of this plan is the thin spreading of the huge Alliance fleet.
It is decided to separate the fleet and attack several planets at once if peace negotiations fail. A message requesting negotiations is sent to the Demos Empire, and the Alliance forces anxiously await a reply.
EPISODE TWENTY-ONE
On Planet Demos, Lotor receives the Galaxy Alliance's message. He decides to pretend that he is no longer in command of Demos, and set up a fake negotiations to lure at least some of the members of the Voltron Force into a trap so they can be killed and Voltron again neutralized. He makes Koraal act as diplomat for the Demos Empire.
Koraal contacts Princess Allura and requests a meeting on the Sand Planet. Princess Allura agrees. Hazar does not trust Demos and suggests that all Voltron Force members remain with the Alliance fleet in case of treachery. Keith supports that proposal except for himself—as commanding officer of the Alliance fleet it is his duty to meet with the enemy. Also, Princess Allura is capable of flying the Black Lion and there are enough Voltron members present who could pilot the rest of the Lions if something happened to him.
An envoy from Planet Arus leaves for the Sand Planet. Vehicle Team Voltron remains at Planet Arus to guard it. On the Sand Planet, Lotor and the Demos forces prepare a trap, but are watched by the Sand People, including Sandy.
EPISODE TWENTY-TWO
The Galaxy Alliance diplomatic group arrives at the Sand Planet. They send down a shuttle to the top of a rock plateau, the designated meeting area. There, they meet Koraal and representatives from the Demos Empire.
As the meeting gets underway, from the Alliance ship Princess Allura sees a signal from the Sand People. Using the viewscreen, she recognizes Sandy and sees the Sand People are agitated. They indicate something is buried in the sand. Princess Allura orders Lance, Hunk, Sven and Pidge to the Lions just in case.
At the meeting, as Keith and Koraal are preparing to sign a treaty, suddenly the Demos representatives pull weapons and attack. Keith is shot, and Hazar, who accompanied the diplomats, pulls him to safety.
Demos ships buried in the sand begin to rise to attack the Alliance team. The Lions, standing at ready, form Voltron and attack the Demos ships. A Robeast is launched. Hazar puts Keith over his shoulder and escapes down the side of the plateau pursued by Demos soldiers.
Voltron fights and destroys the Robeast. Koraal and the Demos generals escape to one of their ships and flee. Keith and Hazar are rescued, but the doctor's prognosis for Keith is not good. Hazar comforts Allura who is devastated.
On Planet Arus, the homecoming is bitter. It is decided that the attack will move forward. The fleet will be separated into seven components and liberate Planets Pollux, Mora, Ebb, Nemon, Yadl, Olion, and Titus. Lion Voltron will initially accompany the attack on Pollux, and Vehicle Voltron the attack on Ebb.
Once again, the Voltron Forces prepare for war.
Planet Arus celebrates the ten-year anniversary of the fall of Planet Doom. The original Voltron Force has disbanded but addresses the crowd from Earth. Princess Allura is now Captain of the new Voltron Force and pilots the Black Lion. The Drule refugees led by Hazar and Dorma have settled on Planet Arus. Dorma has become the pilot of the Blue Lion. Prince Bandor of Planet Pollux has grown up and flies the Red Lion. Jai, the little boy from Nemon, has become pilot of the Yellow Lion. Tami, the little girl who wore Pidge's uniform as a decoy when Yurak attacked Planet Arus with red rain, has grown up to fly the Green Lion. Coran, aging but strong, still operates Castle Control.
On Earth, Keith has been promoted to Fleet Commander. Lance, Hunk and Pidge are officers on the bridge of his command ship. The Vehicle Team Voltron Force serve under him. Commander Hawkins has become Space Marshal of the Galaxy Alliance.
Romelle has married Sven and became Queen of Planet Pollux. She, Sven and their nine year-old son have traveled to Planet Arus for the celebration, as have the leaders of the free planets of the Danubian Galaxy.
Princess Allura is under pressure from Nanny and Queen Orla to resign as Voltron Force Captain and marry. They have a number of suitors in mind. It is revealed Allura is pining for Keith. It is also revealed that Hazar, who is the liaison for his people in the Arus government, has fallen in love with Allura. He confides this to his sister Dorma.
On Earth, after their speech is transmitted to Planet Arus, Lance, Hunk and Pidge confront Keith about arranging their schedule so they could not attend. Lance accuses Keith of doing it on purpose because of his feelings for Allura. Keith refuses to acknowledge it.
Back on Planet Arus, the young members of the Voltron Force, Bandor, Tami and Jai reminisce about their past and their roles in Planet Doom's defeat. It is revealed Bandor and Tami are in a relationship. After Bandor leaves to meet with Romelle, Jai teases Tami about becoming a princess.
The episode ends revealing a spy of unknown origin and agenda observing and recording the celebration on Planet Arus.
EPISODE TWO:
The spy is revealed to have been sent by the Demos Empire. It is shown that after his defeat on Planet Doom ten years ago, Lotor fled to the Demos Empire to obtain asylum from Princess Koraal, to whom he'd been betrothed by King Zarkon. Koraal had fallen in love with Lotor, but he had rejected her, incurring the ire of Koraal's father the King. Koraal had harbored Lotor in secret, and he had manipulated her into poisoning her father so she could assume the throne. Lotor could then reveal himself openly and married Koraal, becoming the King of the Demos Empire. He then began preparations to invade the Danubian Galaxy which has taken almost ten years.
It is revealed that Lotor has never gotten over his obsession with Princess Allura and has no love for his wife, having only used her to gain the throne. It is also revealed that many of the Demos nobles despise Lotor and are plotting against him.
Lotor and his war council meet and discuss their plans to invade the Danubian Galaxy. First, the Voltron Force must be eliminated so Voltron cannot be used. Then, the armada of Demos will simultaneously attack each of the free planets. The assassin team is assembled and dispatched to Planet Arus.
EPISODE THREE:
The V Day festivities are concluded, and the Voltron Force help with the cleanup. The assassin team arrives and catches the Voltron Force outside their Lions. They attack. Jai is shot and killed first. Tami tries to protect him and she, too, is mortally wounded. The assassins surround Bandor protecting Tami and Jai's bodies and he fights them with a sword but they cut him down also. The assassins give the signal and the Demos Armada attacks. Allura and Dorma in their Lions destroy the assassins. Lotor himself commands the assault on Planet Arus. Coran is unable to summon help because their communications are blocked by the Demos Armada. Robeasts are sent to devastate the planet. Princess Allura in the Black Lion and Dorma in the Blue Lion fight valiantly but are overwhelmed. Lotor attempts to capture Princess Allura in the Black Lion and reveals himself as the enemy commander. Allura is horrified to learn that Lotor is still alive and once again a deadly threat to Arus. The Black Lion escapes Lotor's ships trying to capture it with magnet beams and the battle rages on.
EPISODE FOUR:
The Castle of Lions is bombarded by enemy forces. Coran begs Allura and Dorma to flee because the battle is lost. Allura at first refuses, preferring to fight and die in defense of Arus, but Coran persuades her that to protect her people, she must live to fight another day. Reluctantly, Allura and Dorma flee Arus in their Lions, pursued by Lotor and the Demos fighters.
Hazar leads the staff of the Castle of Lions to safety in the underground tunnels but Coran remains. He stays in the control room and waits for the invaders. The Demos general breaks into the Castle and finds his way to the control room. Once he breaks the door, Coran tells him the Castle and its secrets will never be taken and detonates a bomb, obliterating the Castle and everyone in it. Molten fragments of the Castle strike surrounding Demos dreadnaughts and destroy them.
From a cave, Hazar, Queen Orla, Nanny, the Arus nobles and citizens watch in horror as the Castle explodes, destroying the island on which it was built and at last nothing is left but the lake.
EPISODE FIVE:
Planet Pollux is also under siege. Romelle and Sven lead the Pollux fleet against the Demos Armada. The Pollux fleet is losing until Allura and Dorma arrive in their Lions and turn the tide somewhat. Lotor lands his plane on the Demos command ship and assumes command of the Pollux attack.
On Earth, some messages from different Danubian planets have got through. The Galaxy Alliance Council meets, and decides to dispatch a space fleet immediately commanded by Keith and including the Vehicle Team Voltron Force. No one knows what has happened to Planet Arus and the Lion Force Voltron.
On the Demos command ship, it is revealed the attacks on the different free planets are progressing well. It is also revealed the Castle of Lions was destroyed and the Demos general killed. His subordinate has taken command and is setting up an occupational force on Planet Arus.
In the space around Planet Pollux, the tide has again turned against the Polluxans due to the arrival of enemy reinforcements. Queen Romelle must make a terrible choice: Retreat and abandon Pollux or stay and be destroyed. But Sven and Romelle's son is still on the planet. They decide they cannot leave him, and send a team down to the royal palace to rescue the prince while they continue to try to delay the invading Demos forces.
EPISODE SIX:
All around the Danubian Galaxy, free planets are falling to the Demos Empire. Planet Lyra is conquered, as is Planet Mora. Yadl also falls. Titus, Ebb, Nemon, Olion and others are taken as well. The captured Planet Doom is also conquered by Demos forces.
Keith's fleet continues its journey. The Vehicle Team trains in preparation for war. Keith reflects on his feelings for Allura, whose fate he does not know.
The Polluxan rescue team arrives at the royal palace and evacuates the prince, escaping for a designated rendezvous point. Once he is safe, Queen Romelle calls for a retreat. Some of the Polluxan ships fight a suicidal holding action to allow Romelle and the Lions to escape. Lotor, disgusted, orders his ship to take him to Planet Arus. His purpose: To destroy the three remaining Voltron Lions.
EPISODE SEVEN:
Princess Allura, Dorma, Queen Romelle and Sven's ships escape to the ice planet Nieve where Romelle crashed many years ago when she escaped the dungeons of Planet Doom. Romelle grieves Bandor's death and swears revenge on Lotor. They try to contact anyone from the free planets and the Galaxy Alliance, with no success. They hide their ships in a huge ice cave.
Lotor arrives on Planet Arus. Since Coran destroyed the Castle, there is no way to access the Green, Yellow and Red Lions. He orders the planet searched until they are found.
In the underground tunnels, Hazar and the remnants of the Arus military organize guerrilla units to hinder the Demos occupational forces. They also discuss the fate of the keys of the Green, Yellow and Red Lions. What happened to them after Bandor, Jai and Tami were killed? It is known the assassins were destroyed before the arrival of the Demos Armada, but what happened to the bodies of the slain Voltron Force members and their keys?
As Lotor assumes command of Planet Arus, some of the malcontent Drules pledge their allegiance to Lotor. One of Lotor's generals reveals the Galaxy Alliance support fleet is en route to the Danubian Galaxy. Lotor, having anticipated this, sends his best general in command of a fleet prepared for this contingency, to intercept the Alliance forces.
EPISODE EIGHT:
Hazar and his strike team enter the burning city to try to find what happened to the keys. They avoid the patrols of the Demos forces, and talk to some citizens to try to find out if anyone saw anything or knows what happened. Hazar and his team decide to rescue a group of Arusian and Drule captives. They attack the Demos guards, escape, and lead the prisoners to the underground tunnels. During the attack, Hazar and Lotor duel to a draw and Hazar escapes.
On Planet Doom, the citizens of Doom celebrate their liberation from the Galaxy Alliance. It is revealed that Zarkon and Haggar are with the Demos general who captured Planet Doom, and that they are plotting against Lotor. Zarkon reveals Planet Doom has a deadly secret the Galaxy Alliance never learned in ten years of occupation, and he has returned to have his revenge on Lotor, Planet Arus and the Galaxy Alliance.
EPISODE NINE:
In the underground tunnels, Hazar and the resistance leaders question the people they rescued about the fate of the Keys. A little girl approaches Hazar and calls herself Voltricia—the same who was born 10 years ago during an epic battle between Voltron and Haggar's first Mecha-Robeast. She was witness to the attack on the Voltron Force and was able to retrieve the keys from Bandor, Jai and Tami's bodies. She then fled but was separated from her parents in the attack. She gives the keys to Hazar. Hazar does not know if the three remaining Lions will respond to him and two Arus soldiers who volunteer to fly the Lions, but he is determined to try.
The Demos hordes continue to scour the countryside searching for the Lions. Queen Koraal arrives, much to Lotor's annoyance. The nobles are incensed at Lotor's cruel treatment of her.
Scout ships led by Sven are sent from the refugees on Nieve to try to learn what is going on. They encounter the huge armada sent to intercept the Galaxy Alliance support fleet. They report back to Allura and Romelle on Nieve. But they are detected by the Demos forces and attacked. Sven's ship is captured and he is taken to the Demos General. Sven is tortured by the Demos but he refuses to reveal the whereabouts of Allura and Romelle. The Demos general prepares to kill him when the alarms sound aboard his ship: The Galaxy Alliance fleet is approaching!
On board Keith's command ship, the Alliance forces prepare for battle and Vehicle Voltron is scrambled.
EPISODE TEN:
On Planet Arus, Hazar and the two Arus soldiers each lead commando teams to the three Lions to try to activate them and get them away from the planet. Hazar goes for the Red Lion, the male soldier goes for the Yellow Lion and the female soldier for the Green Lion in the forest. Their teams each evade patrolling Demos forces and rampaging Robeasts.
Hazar's team reaches the Red Lion in the volcano but they are sighted by Demos forces. Demos soldiers attack, and all but Hazar are killed. Hazar fights the Demos commander and hurls him into a lava pit. He then takes the key, says a prayer, but the Red Lion will not work! More Demos forces arrive, and a Robeast!
EPISODE ELEVEN:
Led by Vehicle Voltron, the Galaxy Alliance space fleet goes head-to-head against the Demos Armada. The Demos forces launch a cadre of Robeasts to destroy Vehicle Voltron, who viciously battles them and takes them down one by one.
Keith orders his command ship the Excalibur to punch right through the Demos Armada and attack its flagship. During the fighting, Sven is able to escape his bonds. He captures a Demos pilot and forces him to fly him from the ship and contact the Alliance. Sven makes contact with Keith aboard the Excalibur and makes it on board the ship. The space battle rages.
EPISODE TWELVE:
On Planet Arus, the spirit of King Alfor appears to Hazar and asks him if he is prepared to die for the people of Arus. Hazar tells him yes, that the people of Arus are now just as much his people as the Drules. The Lion activates, and Hazar is attacked by the Robeast and the Demos fighters.
It is reported to Lotor that the Red Lion has been found but it is activated. Lotor orders his ship to intercept the Red Lion at once.
On Nieve, Romelle worries about Sven with whom contact has been lost for some time. Allura and Dorma comfort her, assuring her that no matter what, they must carry on. More scout ships are sent.
Hazar is losing badly to the Robeast when suddenly the Green and Yellow Lions arrive! They are able to push the Robeast into the lava, destroying it, when Lotor's command ship appears with another Robeast. The Lions flee Planet Arus, pursued by Lotor's forces.
EPISODE THIRTEEN:
The battle between Keith's fleet and the Demos Armada continues, neither side gaining an advantage. Vehicle Voltron is faring better, prompting the Demos General to leave command of his fleet with his lieutenant and suit up in his own Super-Robeast to take down Vehicle Voltron. The two mechanized giants fight.
Hazar and the Red, Green and Yellow Lions flee Arus, pursued by Lotor's forces. They are detected by the refugees on Planet Nieve and Allura and Dorma suit up and take the Black and Blue Lions to intercept the other Lions.
Back at the space battle, Vehicle Voltron destroys the Super-Robeast and the Demos General, then attacks the Demos command ship. Taking heavy fire from the Excalibur and Vehicle Voltron, the Demos flagship is destroyed. Demoralized, the remaining Demos forces retreat. The five original Voltron Force members reunite with the Vehicle Team Voltron members and celebrate their victory. Sven tells them they must rescue Allura and Romelle on Planet Nieve.
EPISODE FOURTEEN:
On Planet Nieve, Romelle waits anxiously for news of Sven and the Black and Blue Lions. Suddenly, their hideout is attacked! The Demos forces have found them!
The Black and Blue Lions meet the Red, Green and Yellow Lions in space. Under Allura's leadership, they form Voltron and are attacked by Lotor's Robeast. They destroy the Robeast. Lotor is contacted by the remnants of the Demos Armada who report to him they have lost to the Galaxy Alliance fleet and Vehicle Voltron has come to the Danubian Galaxy. Lotor flees rather than fight Voltron, vowing to slaughter every living person on Arus in retaliation.
They prepare to pursue Lotor but are contacted by Romelle—Voltron must return to Nieve to save the refugees. Allura and Hazar decide to go to Nieve, and then straight back to Planet Arus.
EPISODE FIFTEEN:
The battle on Planet Nieve continues. Voltron arrives and destroys the Demos forces including a Robeast. The remnants of the Polluxan fleet prepare to depart for Planet Arus when Vehicle Voltron and the Galaxy Alliance fleet arrives! There is a joyous reunion between Allura and the Voltron Force, Sven and Romelle, and Hazar and Dorma. At Allura's request, Keith leaves command of his ship with another Galaxy Alliance officer, and Keith returns to the Black Lion, Allura to the Blue, Lance to the Red, Pidge to the Green, and Hunk to the Yellow. Sven and Romelle command the Polluxan forces. Dorma and Hazar join the Alliance commander on board the Excalibur. The Galaxy Alliance fleet heads for Planet Arus.
EPISODE SIXTEEN:
In a mad rage, Lotor orders the occupational forces of Planet Arus to abandon their posts and begin scorching the surface of the planet, killing everyone and everything. Lotor goes so far as to order the removal of the control circuits of the Robeasts so they will go totally berserk and destroy anything that comes into their path. He then orders his ship high in the sky so he can watch the devastation. Lotor's generals beg him to put together a defense force to deal with the approaching Alliance fleet, but after he kills a couple of them, they back down.
The Galaxy Alliance fleet arrives at Planet Arus to find the Demos forces hard at work destroying every city and village. They attack. Both Lion and Vehicle Voltron go against the insane Robeasts who are so crazed they are even attacking each other. The Excalibur goes after Lotor's command ship 'til they realize that Lotor has stocked his ship full of Arusian and Drule children, including Voltricia who was captured. Lotor laughs at the Alliance for their sentimentality and orders his forces to attack the Alliance fleet.
Both Voltrons take heavy damage fighting the insane Robeast horde but they are turning the tide of the battle. Lotor's generals beg him to retreat because their ships are losing to the Alliance forces but Lotor refuses, knowing he is safe because the enemy will not fire on his particular ship while he has his young prisoners.
At last the Robeasts are destroyed and the Demos forces routed, but Lotor demands the Alliance forces surrender to him anyway or he will kill all his captives. The Alliance forces are unsure how to proceed.
EPISODE SEVENTEEN:
Keith attempts to bargain with Lotor, telling him if he kills his prisoners there is no way he will escape alive. Lotor tells Keith he is ready to die to humiliate the Voltron Force and break their spirit by murdering the children.
Queen Koraal is hysterical and the Demos generals realize Lotor is crazy and will sacrifice their lives to have revenge. Realizing if Lotor follows through with his plan, they will not escape, the generals order Lotor taken into custody. Lotor fights viciously but is at last overcome. The Demos leaders tell the Alliance leaders they will let the children go if they are given safe passage from Arus. Keith and Princess Allura agree. The children are sent to the Alliance in a ship and the Demos command ship leaves the planet.
EPISODE EIGHTEEN:
On Planet Arus, the weary warriors rest from fighting. Keith comforts Allura as she grieves for Coran. The lake has swallowed up the remains of the Castle of Lions. Allura vows to build a new castle and restore Arus to its glory. Sven comforts Romelle as she grieves for Bandor. Hazar and Dorma talk about Hazar's love for Allura, made even stronger by this recent conflict. Dorma tells him he must go to her at once, because she fears it may be too late now that Keith and Allura are reunited.
Having been in terror for Allura's life, Keith decides to reveal his long-held feelings for Allura, telling her he held back because he did not feel worthy of her and her royal position, and also feeling he had a duty to the Galaxy Alliance because part of his loyalty oath was never to become involved with an alien dignitary. He confesses his jealousy of Sven who resigned from the Alliance to be with Romelle, and that nine years away from Allura has only made his feelings for her stronger. He tells her he tried to bury them by focusing on his career, but it did not work. Allura confesses her love for him, and the reason she never told him is because she never knew if he felt the same and could not bear the thought of him rejecting her if he did not. Keith swears that after this battle is over and Lotor put down once and for all, he will never leave Allura again.
At long last, Keith and Allura passionately kiss. All of this is watched and overheard by Hazar.
EPISODE NINETEEN:
The Demos command ship returns to Planet Demos. Lotor is to be put on trial. However, some of the Demos nobles are loyal to him. They also know they have succeeded in conquering most of the planets in the galaxy and want to hold on to this power. They scheme to free Lotor and restore him to the throne.
The Demos nobles loyal to Queen Koraal debate what to do about their position in the galaxy. They wish to hold on to the territory they have conquered, but the success of this plan was based on the neutralization of the Voltron Lions, which has ultimately failed. The nobles decide they must again assassinate the Voltron members and do whatever they can to destroy the Lions, and now the ships of the Vehicle Team as well. The nobles also decide Lotor must be executed because he is too dangerous to be kept alive.
Koraal is heart-sick over Lotor, who she still obsessively loves. She goes to him, and Lotor pledges his love for her and manipulates her into setting him free. He immediately takes her hostage and gets in touch with Demos nobles loyal to him. They have each of the Demos generals who betrayed Lotor on Arus assassinated. Lotor beats Koraal for not interfering in his temporary overthrow and swears if she ever crosses him again, he will kill her.
On Planet Doom, Haggar and Zarkon discuss recent events and the return of Voltron. Zarkon laughs, knowing that even both Voltrons and the entire Galaxy Alliance will be no match for his ultimate weapon, which is nearing completion.
EPISODE TWENTY:
On Planet Arus, Keith and the others contact Space Marshal Hawkins on Earth to report their victory. They also report it is only the first stage of the campaign to free the planets recently taken captive by the Demos Empire.
The Galaxy Alliance leaders meet to discuss their strategy to free the Danubian Galaxy. The first act will be to send a diplomatic mission to address the Demos Empire, attempting to negotiate a peaceful withdrawal from the captured planets with no further hostilities. If that effort is unsuccessful, the first war proposal is that the enemy's strength must be determined, so reconnaissance missions should be sent. Once that information has been gathered, the fleet will engage in a sequence of planet-hopping, freeing one planet after another and leaving a garrison force 'til all the planets are free.
The second proposal is to launch an all-out attack against Planet Demos itself. Once Demos is taken, the rest of their forces will have little choice but to surrender.
The third proposal is to split up the fleet and attack as many planets as they can at once, freeing them. This will permit more Alliance members to be freed from captivity as possible and also prevent the Demos forces from using them as human shields. The disadvantage of this plan is the thin spreading of the huge Alliance fleet.
It is decided to separate the fleet and attack several planets at once if peace negotiations fail. A message requesting negotiations is sent to the Demos Empire, and the Alliance forces anxiously await a reply.
EPISODE TWENTY-ONE
On Planet Demos, Lotor receives the Galaxy Alliance's message. He decides to pretend that he is no longer in command of Demos, and set up a fake negotiations to lure at least some of the members of the Voltron Force into a trap so they can be killed and Voltron again neutralized. He makes Koraal act as diplomat for the Demos Empire.
Koraal contacts Princess Allura and requests a meeting on the Sand Planet. Princess Allura agrees. Hazar does not trust Demos and suggests that all Voltron Force members remain with the Alliance fleet in case of treachery. Keith supports that proposal except for himself—as commanding officer of the Alliance fleet it is his duty to meet with the enemy. Also, Princess Allura is capable of flying the Black Lion and there are enough Voltron members present who could pilot the rest of the Lions if something happened to him.
An envoy from Planet Arus leaves for the Sand Planet. Vehicle Team Voltron remains at Planet Arus to guard it. On the Sand Planet, Lotor and the Demos forces prepare a trap, but are watched by the Sand People, including Sandy.
EPISODE TWENTY-TWO
The Galaxy Alliance diplomatic group arrives at the Sand Planet. They send down a shuttle to the top of a rock plateau, the designated meeting area. There, they meet Koraal and representatives from the Demos Empire.
As the meeting gets underway, from the Alliance ship Princess Allura sees a signal from the Sand People. Using the viewscreen, she recognizes Sandy and sees the Sand People are agitated. They indicate something is buried in the sand. Princess Allura orders Lance, Hunk, Sven and Pidge to the Lions just in case.
At the meeting, as Keith and Koraal are preparing to sign a treaty, suddenly the Demos representatives pull weapons and attack. Keith is shot, and Hazar, who accompanied the diplomats, pulls him to safety.
Demos ships buried in the sand begin to rise to attack the Alliance team. The Lions, standing at ready, form Voltron and attack the Demos ships. A Robeast is launched. Hazar puts Keith over his shoulder and escapes down the side of the plateau pursued by Demos soldiers.
Voltron fights and destroys the Robeast. Koraal and the Demos generals escape to one of their ships and flee. Keith and Hazar are rescued, but the doctor's prognosis for Keith is not good. Hazar comforts Allura who is devastated.
On Planet Arus, the homecoming is bitter. It is decided that the attack will move forward. The fleet will be separated into seven components and liberate Planets Pollux, Mora, Ebb, Nemon, Yadl, Olion, and Titus. Lion Voltron will initially accompany the attack on Pollux, and Vehicle Voltron the attack on Ebb.
Once again, the Voltron Forces prepare for war.